Lucas-Rio said:
midrange said:
Lucas-Rio said:
midrange said:
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Replacing the Wii U too soon mean releasing a mid generation console and that's much harder.
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I wouldn't worry about the "mid generation console" idea. You could argue that the wii u was mid generational and that the NX is a late start to current gen (especially since the NX won't follow the "wii" brand name)
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I don't know, the PS4 is in full force now and a I don't think the market is ready for a new home console now. It seems risky to me.
Too bad Nintendo has given up on Wii U marketshare. If they had dropped the price they could have sold Wii Us for at least two more full years. But the situation is not easy as they had to return to profits.
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Market share is very important, but knowin Nintendo (super conservative) they are more concerned with profits not marketshare.
since they haven't focused on marketshare, they are left with a riskier console launch, but it's better than riding out the Wii u any longer (especially so given the wii u specs)
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Riding on the Wii U longer would mean being able to launch the new handheld, make what it take to make it successful and then only care about launching a home console. Launching a new console is always risky.
Killing the Wii U early may not please all the one who buy the Wii U and who are the core of Nintendo fanbase. But the first reason is the best, Nintendo can't launch two consoles at the same times and 3DS sales are declining.
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I do agree the 3ds will be replaced first, but that's because the 3ds launched earlier and the next handheld had a huge jumpstart over the wii u successor.
As for the core of Nintendo fanbase, they already got mario kart, smash bros, and sequels to known ip: xenoblade, star fox (quality aside), and pikmin. This is what the core fanbase should have expected given the Wii u sales early on.
